I'm Psyren, a current host at Elixant.com (a recently closed-down web host); who's looking for a possible new place to have my site hosted at.

Elixant had a very flexible plan, where I could pay 4 times a year (for around $11.20 each time), a free domain name, and double bandwidth for the entire time I choose to be hosted there.

Since the site however is no longer really running, I feel that I might need to choose to move and soon. I have a few friends hosted here and wanted to know what this site might be able to do for a refugee from a closing/closed hosting site.

Anyways, I'll be around as long as the weather is good (or I choose to head to bed), so any help would be lovely.

if you do decide to sign-up with DreamHost, I would suggest contacting one of your friends and having them create a custom promo code for you.

DreamHost promo codes can provide more than just a simple once-only cash discount, they can also provide feature bonuses, such as extra disk space and/or bandwidth, extra free domain registrations (on top of the one free lifetime registration provided with all plans) or unique IP addresses. These feature bonuses persist for as long as you host with DreamHost, so it is definitely worth sitting down with one of your friends and deciding exactly what combination of cash discount / feature bonuses would be most beneficial for you over the long-term.

If you have a look around the forum you will find quite a few promo codes that offer a combination of features and cash discounts. If you can't find one that exactly meets your needs, then I'm sure someone here will be able to create one specifically for you.

Would I be able to use that to keep my current free domain name from Elixant?

You will receive one 'free' domain registration with your DreamHost plan, regardless of the promo code you use, this is a standard feature of all DreamHost plans. During the sign-up process you can choose to use this 'free' domain registration to transfer your existing domain from Elixant and the registration period will be extended by 12 months as part of the process.

Any DreamHost hosting plan will get you one free domain registration. You only need a special promo code if you want more than one free. Each extra free one takes off $15 from the discount you can get, but that free registration is worth $9.95 every year.

Are you that anxious that you wouldn't want to wait for your friend? I'm sure she could have some very good observations about hosting here.

What kind of web applications were you looking to host? DreamHost is a great place to host, but there are certain things that will get you in trouble here (but nothing that most people host, admittedly) - like applications that eat up lots of cpu.

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Yeah, I know. She's actually just someone who I asked to host my site on dreamhost (through her hosting plan) but she politely turned me down.

My site is midnightwaters.net (currently) and hosts my own personal stuff (mostly .mp3 files for voice acting), and both a friends' webcomic (catch-exception.midnightwaters.net) and eventually, a TCG that I own and run (currently at flyne.net/nibelheim), so the majority of it is just small stuff.

Though I'd admittedly would like to add a forum and maybe some useful features for my TCG later on

Do note that you will only receive $50.00 discount if you sign up Monthly L1, $60.00 discount if you sign up Monthly L2 and $80.00 discount if you sign up Monthly L3 instead of the original $97.00 from the promotional code. Perhaps you should go for the feature bonus promotional code for a better deal if you are paying monthly.